I know many of you have some kind of experience with the sea. That being the case you would never want to go to sea with the spars I saw being assembled today. The canoe has one mast, short and of one piece. It has two spars that run along two edges of the sail like the jaws of a crab's claw. One of those spars is seated in a socket on the bow and tied down almost forming a second mast. The other flies free, controlled by the halyard. Those last two spars are not made of a single piece. Rather the seated spar is made of two pieces, on long and one short. It has a distinct curve to it. The other is made up of three pieces and has a shallow S-shape. The pieces in these spars are tied together making them less than solid. I know I shouldn't but I am beginning to have my doubts.